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Welcome to Kent State University’s Department of Pan-African Studies (DPAS)

The Department of Pan-African Studies (DPAS) is located in Oscar Ritchie Hall (ORH), an academic building named in honor of one of the first African Americans to hold a tenured position in the state of Ohio’s system of Higher Education.

Both our major and minor concentrations draw from perspectives and sources in the humanities, fine arts, and social sciences and advance critical analysis of contemporary global world politics, culture, history and community development.

Black Experience I and II Courses

Supports the Kent Core Requirement and are offered online as well as traditional classroom settings.

Communication Skills and Arts Program

Teaches college writing courses in a innovative and student-centered manner through reading and writing assignments relevant to the people of African descent.

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